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Mark Ramprakash
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Mark Ravin Ramprakash

Born: 5 September 1969, Bushey, Hertfordshire
Major Teams: Middlesex, Surrey, England.
Known As: Mark Ramprakash
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Off Break


Test Debut: England v West Indies at Leeds, 1st Test, 1991
Latest Test:
England v New Zealand at Auckland, 3rd Test, 2001/02

ODI Debut:
England v West Indies at Manchester, Texaco Trophy, 1991
Latest ODI:
England v Zimbabwe at Bulawayo, 5th ODI, 2001/02

Career Statistics:

TESTS
 (including 30/03/2002)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   52   92   6  2350  154   27.32  36.18   2  12   39   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling             149.1   16   477    4 119.25  1-2     0   0 223.7  3.19

ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
 (including 13/10/2001)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   18   18   4   376   51   26.85  69.11   0   1    8   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling              22      0   108    4  27.00  3-28    0   0  33.0  4.90

FIRST-CLASS
 (1987 - 2002)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  325  537  66 21779  235   46.23  60 108  187   0

                      O       R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling             650.1  2064   32  64.50  3-32    0   0 121.9  3.17

LIST A LIMITED OVERS
 (1987 - 2002)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  309  299  49  9684  147*  38.73   9  63  107   0

                      O       R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling             263    1194   44  27.13  5-38    0   1  35.8  4.53

- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.


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Born in Hertfordshire in 1969, of a British mother and Guyanese father, Mark Ramprakash has been a prolific batsman throughout his career, except at international level.

Although he didn't take up the game until he was nine, he soon came to the attention of county youth coaches. He represented Bessborough CC aged just 13, hit 204* in the National Cricket Association Guernsey Festival of 1985, and played for Middlesex second XI aged 16. Ramprakash was chosen for the Young England tour of Sri Lanka in 1986/87, where he scored 118 in the final "Test" in Galle. He made his Middlesex debut in 1987, scoring an unbeaten 63 against Yorkshire, and although school work reduced his availability, his progress continued. In 1988, making his debut in the NatWest Trophy in the final of the competition, he rescued Middlesex from 25-4 with a 56 that won him the man-of-the-match award, and his team the Trophy. He captained Young England against New Zealand in 1989, and after excellent progress in domestic cricket during 1990, during which he was awarded his county cap, he was selected for the A Tour of Pakistan and Sri Lanka in 1990-91, during which he struck 158 against Sri Lanka in Kandy.

Ramprakash made his Test debut against the West Indies in 1991, the year he won the Cricket Writers' Young Cricketer of the Year award, batting bravely on a difficult Headingley pitch as England beat the West Indies in England for the first time in 22 years. He fielded brilliantly throughout the series, but although hard to dislodge, he couldn't pass 27 in any innings. It led to inconsistency of selection; he was continually dropped and recalled, with insecurity resulting. An orthodox and brilliant strokeplayer at first-class level, he often appears withdrawn and strokeless in Tests.

An intense individual, anxious to succeed and frustrated by his continued failure to achieve Test success, Ramprakash has brushed with authority at times. Bursts of temper against a spectator at Uxbridge, and a university player at Fenner's, and a poor series against Pakistan in 1992 resulted in his omission for the winter tour, even though he'd been awarded a £15,000 winter contract. Recalled for the final Test in 1993 at the last minute, Ramprakash took his chance well, hitting his first Test 50 against Australia at The Oval. It was enough to win selection for the Caribbean tour which followed, but he failed repeatedly with the bat. Called up to replace Hick in Australia on the 1994-95 Ashes tour, he hit 72 and 42 in his only Test at Perth.

Ramprakash started both the West Indian series (at home) and the South African series (away) in the Test side, but both times was dropped after the first two Tests had brought few runs. But he then proved impossible for the selectors to ignore with 2258 runs (including 235 v Yorkshire at Leeds) in the 1995 summer. He finally hit a Test century, 154, at Bridgetown in March 1998, and the hope was that the floodgates would now open. Certainly he became more consistent (averaging 31.12 against South Africa, 47.37 for the Ashes series of 1998-99 and hitting 95 in two innings against Sri Lanka), though the big scores would not come.

Appointed Middlesex captain at the start of 1997, he relinquished the position at the end of 1999, citing the pressure of his benefit season (2000) as a major factor in his decision. Scapegoated, in the view of many, for the failures of the English side against New Zealand in 1999, Ramprakash was omitted from the tour of South Africa. He began the following domestic season opening the batting for Middlesex as England tried to kill two birds with one stone - find a reliable opening partner for Atherton, and utilise Ramprakash's mercurial talents. The experiment was short-lived and unsuccessful. Ramprakash was again dropped from the Test team, returned to the middle order for Middlesex and resumed normal service, scoring heavily to finish the season with a Championship average of over 60. After being given an early release from his Middlesex contract, Ramprakash signed a three-year contract with Surrey in February 2001.

The move to Surrey soon proved beneficial. A spate of injuries in the England camp combined with Ramprakash's own form to secure a further international recall. His partnership with Mark Butcher in the second innings of the second Ashes Test at Lord's was one of the few of substance for England in the series, and Ramprakash's 40 was enough to retain his place. Although he was widely criticised for the manner of his second innings dismissal at Trent Bridge (he gave Warne the charge when on 26, precipitating a collapse), he made useful contributions at Headingley, staying with the effervescent Mark Butcher for long enough in the second innings to ensure a remarkable England win. At his newly-adopted home ground in the final Test he shone like a beacon, scoring his second Test hundred (133), his first at home and his first against Australia.

Although Ramprakash played throughout both winter Test series in India and New Zealand, he did not enhance his reputation. Although he usually got a start, he managed just one 50 in ten innings. He made the ODI tour to Zimbabwe, but was not selected for the India or New Zealand one-day series. After being passed over for a central contract, he played no international cricket in the summer of 2002 and was omitted from all the winter touring squads. Despite his continuing success at county level, Ramprakash's chequered international career looked to be at an end. (Copyright CricInfo October 2002)

* Last Updated: Saturday, 09-Nov-2002 14:10:23 GMT


 
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